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"the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"noun(logic) a statement that is necessarily false
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nounopposition between two conflicting forces or ideastype of:
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"he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"nounthe speech act of contradicting someonetype of:
Definition that contains contradiction
- contradict be in contradiction with
- belie be in contradiction with
- negate be in contradiction with
- dialectic a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
- deconstruction a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning
- completeness (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system
- peremptory not allowing contradiction or refusal
- antinomy a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
- reductio (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
- reductio ad absurdum (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction